Τετρασκάλμου

four-oared (ship)

Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 20 words
The Romans "enacted a decree requiring the Cretans to send to Rome all their vessels, down to any four-oared one."1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τετρασκάλμου· οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι δόγμα ἔγραψαν, ὅπως οἱ Κρῆτες πάντα τὰ πλοῖα ἕως τετρασκάλμου ἀναπέμψωσιν εἰς Ῥώμην.

Betacode
*tetraska/lmou: oi( de\ *(rwmai=oi do/gma e)/grayan, o(/pws oi( *krh=tes pa/nta ta\ ploi=a e(/ws tetraska/lmou a)nape/mywsin ei)s *(rw/mhn.

Notes (1)

  1. The headword, in the genitive case, is extracted from the quotation given (and is unique to it).
  2. 1Diodorus Siculus 40.1.3 (where the subject is actually 'The senate'), on events of 68 BCE. ↩

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τ403Τετραρχίαtetrarchyτ404Τετράςfour, tetradτ405Τετρασκάλμουfour-oared (ship)τ406Τετραστατήρουfour-stater, costing four statersτ407Τετραφαλαγγαρχίαquadruple-phalanx-command
Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Aug 2011
  1. augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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